Art from - Green Day

AMERICAN IDIOT

This song is about the state of the United States at that point in time. It speaks of a nation controlled by the new, biased media, and how the singer is not part of a "Redneck Agenda" discontent with how things are going. It was released during the 2004 presidential campaign, where George W. Bush was re-elected.

WARNING

This song is about how rules are made to be broken and warnings can be ignored. You live your own life, you make your own choices. Says bass player Mike Dirnt: "You gotta make your own decisions and choices. It's not so much about what to think, it's just to think. Question everything."

BASKET CASE

This song is about anxiety attacks and a feeling that you are going crazy. Lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong suffered from various panic disorders while he was growing up - he would sometimes wake up in the middle of the night with a panic attack and walk around his neighborhood to settle down. "Basket Case" was a cathartic and personal song for him.

QUOTES

“Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends”

— Green Day, Wake Me Up When September Ends

“I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.”

— Green Day, American Idiot

“I hope you had the time of your life.”

— Green Day, Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)

“Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me.”

— Green Day, Boulevard of Broken Dreams

“I'm so damn bored, I'm going blind.”

— Green Day, Longview

“You taught me how to live.”

— Green Day, Homecoming